On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 14:53 -0300, Tony Rowe wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 08:43:40PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > And there is the bug. I don't think pppconfig should create
> > /etc/resolv.conf: the admin may have removed it for a reason.
pppconfig should handle the absence of /etc/resolv.conf without
returning an error status. However, currently, pppconfig's 0dns-up
script does this:
/bin/cp -Lp "$RESOLVCONF" "$RESOLVBAK" || exit 1
> So this bug should be reassigned again, but where?
No need to reassign it.
> Summary:
>
> I am configuring a netinst install to use PPP. In first stage "Configure
> the network", no ethernet card is selected and so no /etc/resolv.conf is
> created. That is the bug.
That in itself is not a bug.
> Then in second stage, pppconfig is selected
> to create a dialup connection. The connection succeeds but APT fails
> because the DNS server entries cannot be written to /etc/resolv.conf
> since that file is missing and it is the job of some program other than
> pppconfig to create it.
pppconfig should not exit with an error status if /etc/resolv.conf is
not present.
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